If this isnÂ’t evidence that McCain-Feingold is unconstitutional, nothing is. The following is part of the oral argument of the

But if the federal government can treat a movie like a political advertisement, then why not books, the justices asked.

It can, answered [Deputy Solicitor General Malcolm] Stewart, "if the book contained the functional equivalent of express advocacy," the test used in regulating broadcast, cable or satellite communication released 60 days before a general election or 30 days before a presidential primary or convention.

That answer seemed to concern the justices. What about electronic books, like those used on Amazon's Kindle reader, justices asked. Yes, Stewart said.

Got that, folks. The Obama Regime is now claiming the power under McCain-Feingold to ban political speech and writing of all types – even speech and writing of the very sort that the Founders sought to protect. That, my friends, is evidence that there is no possible way to reconcile the law with the Constitution.

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